Display and dispensing hook



Dec. 13, 1932. L. c. WARAGER DISPLAY AND DISPENSING HOOK Filed May 13, 19:51

DISH CLOTHS PRICE WM M ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 13, 1932 U I-Ten ESTA TES PATENT OFFICE LEONARD C. WARAGER, 0F FLORAL PARK, YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SHEN MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA i DISPLAY AND DISPENSING HOOK Application filed May 13, 1931. Serial No. 537,119.

This invention relates to a display and dispensing hook and it has for its object to provide a device of a very simple and inexpensive nature adapted to support fabric articles in such manner as to maintain them in neat and attractive form and preferably with a display card upon the front of a group of such articles while permitting the dispensing of said articles from the rear side of the pack or group without disturbing the remainder of such articles or the display card upon the face of the pack.

The device of the present invention is particularly intended for the display and dispensing of dish cloths, but as this description proceeds it will be seen that the principle involved may be extended to the display and dispensing of many other articles of web or sheet formation, such as towels, or cardboard or paper articles of various kinds.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pack of dish cloths supported upon the hook of the I present invention, and

- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of said hook.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.

In the particular embodiment of the invention which I have chosen for purpose of illustration, the display hook is bent from a single piece of wire and comprises a vertical leg 5 adapted to be inserted in a pair of eyelets 6 of conventional form which may be screwed into a wall, show-case or any other suitable string 13 from the display hook, but it will be understood that the card may be secured directly to the articles dispensed, if desired. if

. lVhile the bending of the hook from a single piece of wire contributes to rapidity and economy of manufacture, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in this respect and the hook may be made in more than one piece, if desired. Among the advantages inherent in the particular structure illustrated in the drawing is the fact that the transverse head 7 lies against the face of the show case, wall or other support and prevents the hook from swinging horizontally.

An outstanding feature of importance in the present invention is the manner of locating the opening 11 at a point rearwardly of the pack of dish cloths.

This renders it possible to dispense the dish cloths, as needed,

fromthe rear side of the pack, said cloths being pressed rearwardly and then withdrawn downwardly through said opening 11.

By virtue of this arrangement the show 3 card is maintained in operative relation to the outermost cloth through the entire time that it takes to sell the complete pack of cloths. Another advantage inherent in this structure is that the cloths are maintained in a hanging position where they will be attractively displayed, instead of being piled loosely upon a counter. Incidentally it may be pointed out that where articles of this nature are piled loosely upon the counter they are likely to be stolen. The cloths are not likely to be stolen from the display hook of the present inventionfor the double reason that the casual dishonest visitors to a store will not know how to disengage the cloths from the display hook, and even if they did know how to disengage the cloths, they would be much more likely to attract attention while endeavoring to disengage the cloths from the hack of a pack of this nature than while taking such a cloth from a pile on a counter.

A further advantage inherent in this invention is that the display hook and its supporting means are of so simple and inexpensive a nature that the hooks may be given away Withthe packages of dish cloths and with the display card advertising such dish cloths already in place upon the package when delivered to the merchant. One of the greatest diiiiculties that the manufacturer has to contend with is to get the merchant to properly display his wares, show cards, or other advertising matter intended for use in conjunction with such wares. The manufac turer goes to great expense to furnish the merchant with attractive show cards intended to be displayed in conjunction with the goods. Much of this advertising matter is thrown away by the merchant. This is sometimes due to the fact that he receives so much of it that he has no room for it and sometimes because he is too indolent to take the trouble to properly set it up.

The method and devices of the present invention will relieve the merchant of the trouble of setting up the show card in conjunction with the goods, by furnishing the merchant with the goods and show card in assembled form and in such position that the show card does not have to be disturbed until all the goods have been sold. In addition this arrangement finds its own space for the show card in the merchants establishment by relieving the merchant of the necessity of putting these articles on a counter.

This is accomplished by providing a display hook which may be placed in any unoccupied space; on the side of a show case, on a wall, a door j amb or anywhere else where it is possible to find room for the two eyelets.

Consequently, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular manner of forming this display hook, but that it includes within its purview any type of hook adapted to support the articles in the manner described, namely, in such way that they may be dispensed one or more at a time from therear side of a pack of such articles.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A hook of the character described formed of a single piece of wire and bent to form a vertical leg, a transverse head, a for wardly projecting upper substantially horizontal bar and a rearwardly projecting substantially horizontal lower bar, the end of'the latter terminating short or and lying always in spaced relation to said leg, as and for the p urposes set forth. 

